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CVE-2016-6679 Detail

Description

CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 5X and Android One devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that makes a setwpaie ioctl call, aka Android internal bug 29915601 and Qualcomm internal bug CR 1000913.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance), CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93309 Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance), CVE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/?id=d39345f0abc309959d831d09fcbf1619cc0ae0f5 Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance), CVE Patch 
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=f081695446679aa44baa0d00940ea18455eeb4c5 Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance), CVE Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6679
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2016
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance)